No one mentions the EXTRA drum buildup for Bobby during the sun gonna shine my back door some day!!!!! yeah yeah!!!! and then again, the BIG build up for Jerry and the Headlight line. Then Jerry SCREAMS the line! I wasn't there and it gives me goosebumps! This show is so good top to bottom. So good.

Been to Alpine a few times before this but this show stands up to them all and is just another reason that 89'stands as a strong year for the Dead. My friend and I just about fell over with the We Bid You Goodnight as we were pretty freaking close to the stage, and we both did a quick mind check to say "holy shit, they haven't done this since closing of Winterland". And with that the roof blew off the shed! The roar coming to the stage from the lawn was phenomenal. I know the band felt it because we sure did. A great run at Alpine for sure.

The rain began just as the first show ended and continued thru the entire run. By the 3rd day, stepping out of our car, we sank up to our ankles. If not for FALAFEL, being sold by some vendors, we would likely have gone hungry. I remember seeing a piece of falafel after falling on the ground and getting rained on ......the next day it was 4 times it's normal size.....hence our full bellies.

The most memorable thing besides the dead music being as great as the rain was continuous, was someone playing some incredible gypsy violin music the first night while we slept, or tried to.......it was GRATEFUL! Anyone else hear it?

This was my first show and I have come to realise just how lucky I was to see this run! I have so many memories . . . the woodstock CID . . . Lost in the field with several hundred heads after the show trying to find the car and of course the music!!!

I went on to see many shows and this is by far the best one. It was nothing short of magical!

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